| Description |
xviii,320 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Internet Edge: Change and Connections -- 2. The Portable Network: Away from the Desktop and into the World -- 3. The Digital Wallet and the Copyright Box: The Coining Arms Race in Trusted Systems -- 4. The Bit and the Pendulum: Balancing the Interests of Stakeholders in Digital Publishing -- 5. Focusing the Light: Making Sense in the Information Explosion -- 6. The Next Knowledge Medium: Networks and Knowledge Ecologies -- 7. The Edge of Chaos: Coping with Rapid Change -- 8. The Digital Keyhole: Privacy Rights and Trusted Systems -- 9. Strangers in the Net: Access, Diversity, and Borders -- 10. Indistinguishable from Magic: The Real, the Magic, and the Virtual -- Epilogue: The Next Edge and Discovering Ourselves |
| Summary |
"Sometimes when we face change, we feel conflicting forces driving us forward and pulling us back. This place of tension and confusion can be called an "edge." The "Internet edge" is our collective struggle to change as the world becomes more connected."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Internet -- Social aspects.
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Computers and civilization.
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Information society.
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| LC no. |
99037752 |
| ISBN |
026219418X : |
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026219418X hardcover alkaline paper |
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